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FeatureGaining currency
Digital assets are an increasingly commonplace reality of will-drafting, but one type with which practitioners may be less familiar is the cryptocurrency, such as Bitcoin. Ian Bond and Lucy Obrey explain what solicitors need to know about this emerging trend
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FeatureSaving grace
Individual savings accounts have for some time been considered the investment wrapper of choice for long-term saving, but Patrick Connolly argues that, following last year’s radical shake-up of the rules, pensions may now be the more attractive and effective option
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FeatureRaising the FBAR
Many private client solicitors will now be familiar with FATCA reporting obligations. But, as Antony Eminowicz explains, your US clients may also be required by law to disclose details of their foreign bank accounts – and the deadline is looming
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FeatureKerry Underwood on surviving budgeting: post-issue
In the second part of his series on surviving the cost budgeting process, Kerry Underwood looks at post-issue proceedings
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AnalysisSpotlight: Edwards v Kumarasamy
The Court of Appeal’s recent interpretation of section 11 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 has broadened the repairing obligations of landlords
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Analysis
CIP Properties Ltd (AIPT) v Galliford Try Infrastructure Ltd [2015] EWHC 481 (TCC)
How to deal with costs management in circumstances where the claimant’s budget was “entirely unreliable” and where the costs were “wholly disproportionate”
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NewsCare Act 2014 comes in force on 1 April
A reminder that most provisions in the Care Act 2014, the first overhaul of social care statute in England for more than 60 years, come into force on 1 April 2015.
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AnalysisBeneficiaries beware: lifetime gifts and IHT penalties
Lesley King analyses the first reported case on third party penalties for withholding information from executors
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FeatureKerry Underwood on surviving budgeting: pre-action
Kerry Underwood offers advice on managing the pre-action stage post-Mitchell and Denton , in the first of a two-part series on surviving the costs budgeting process
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AnalysisSpotlight: SDLT changes - what you need to know
The chancellor in his Autumn Statement announced major changes to stamp duty land tax on residential properties, in force from 4 December 2014. Marlon Appleton outlines what the changes will mean for practititioners
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News
Implementation of the mortgage credit directive: Law Society response
The Law Society has responded to the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) proposals for the implementation of the European Mortgage Credit Directive (MCD).
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OpinionNext steps
New chair of the Property Section, Ian White, outlines his Section priorities for the year ahead
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FeatureAfter the fall
The recent bolt failure at the Cheesegrater building in London raises the issue of liability for building defects. Richard Stapylton-Smith and Paul Taylor examine the key considerations, and how owners and landlords can keep buildings commercially attractive for tenants
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FeatureSit up and take notice
Notices to complete are becoming more common in the newly buoyant property market, in which clients on both sides are eager to complete quickly. Richard Bagwell explains what they are and how they work
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FeatureModel behaviour
The new Model Commercial Lease is designed to simplify and speed up investment-grade commercial lease negotiations, for both landlords and tenants. Dion Panambalana explains what the lease contains and excludes, and how it will work in practice
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FeatureSupply and demand
New consumer rights legislation, likely to come into force within the year, will have implications for all suppliers to consumers – including solicitors. David Pett outlines the new regime, and the actions conveyancers need to take
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FeatureNew world order
In the first of our new series on land law in different jurisdictions, Michelle Hill outlines the conveyancing system in New Zealand